Athletic Training

ONE-MILE AND TWO-MILE RUNS 67 him. His object should be to run the ·dis– tance without an undue strain and to have enough reserve strength left for the final sprint. He need have no fear of danger to his heart, because there is less likelihood of it in this event than in the quarter- or half– mile runs. I cannot lay down an exact schedule of training for this event. The amount of work a two-miler does must depend upon the time he has for training and how he feels. I have always been a great believer in plenty of work for distance runners. If a man is able to run cross-country in the fall he will find it an easy matter to get in shape for the two– mile run in the spring. In general he will find that the directions I have given for the one m_ile, if applied to the longer distance, and practically doubling the amount of work, will get him in shape. The two-miler must not forget the impor– tance of speed work. Other things being equal, nine out of ten two-mile races are won by the man who has the sprint. I have always made it a point to train all my distance runners in speed work, independently of training them